When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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